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JVP's Health and Human Rights Project
Join our 2007 delegation!
(deadline for application: Sep 15, 2007)
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The
Jewish Voice for Peace Health and Human Rights Project (formerly Jewish
American Medical Project) announces its next delegation to Israel and
the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Our prospective dates are 20 October – 3 November 2007.
Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) is a progressive, national, grassroots,
membership organization dedicated to a resolution of the
Israel/Palestine conflict based on principles of democracy, human
rights and respect for international law.
We are seeking
delegation members who are committed to participating in non-violent
solidarity work with Palestinians and Israelis and who share our vision
of working for a just and peaceful end to the Occupation. To that end,
we are recruiting new members to participate in our delegation. The
purpose of this application is to gather information about your
interest and reasons for becoming part of the delegation.
For the past four years, we have sent delegations to work with our partner organizations, the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel),
as well as other Palestinian civil society organizations and Israeli
peace and human rights groups. While we began as a primarily
medical-aid effort, we have broadened our scope. Our goal is to
connect delegation members with their counterparts in Israel/Palestine
where they can provide assistance, while learning first-hand of the
situation on the ground. We expect that upon their return to the U.S.
(or other home country), delegation members will utilize their
experience to help educate others.
In the past, delegation
members who are health care professionals have seen patients in PMRS
fixed and mobile clinics; taught in the Medical School at Al-Quds
University in East Jerusalem; worked both in PHR-Israel’s Mobile Clinic
in the West Bank and Open Clinic for immigrant workers in Tel Aviv; and
toured hospitals in Israel and Palestine. There are many opportunities
for people with different skills and interests to contribute, including
other human service professionals, such as mental health clinicians and
teachers. Performing artists and teachers of performing arts are
welcome to work with young people at PMRS youth centers. Lawyers and
labor activists have investigated the human rights conditions for labor
in Palestine, Palestinian prisoners in Israel and for disenfranchised
populations within Israel. We have also toured with the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
and marched with Israelis and Palestinians in Bil’in. Our delegation
has met with high level members of the Palestinian Authority and the
Palestinian Negotiation Project. Photographers, videographers, and
journalists are also welcome.
Beginning with the October 2006
delegation, we have also brought volunteers to work assisting
Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian Territories to harvest their
olives. This may involve physical labor as well as accompaniment.
Accounts of our previous delegations may be reviewed at www.jvpboston.org.
As a part of Jewish Voice for Peace, we expect delegation members to share our mission statement, or at the least, to be open-minded and not opposed to our principles. You may review our positions in detail at our national website, www.jvp.org.
Delegation members are expected to fund their own airfare to and from Israel, as well as per-diem expenses for food and housing, which are generally modest. Delegation members are encouraged to fundraise, both for their own expenses if needed, both before the trip (which could be used for your expenses) and after (to help fund HaHRP). We have limited funds available to support low-income delegation members, including students. JVP-HaHRP will fund in-country travel and other delegation-related expenses.
We invite all who are interested to email us at "hahrp at jewishvoiceforpeace.org"
We reserve the right to reject any applicants but welcome all who are interested to apply.
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(please fill in and email to hahrp at jewishvoiceforpeace.org)
Name:
Address:
Phone:
Email:
Institutional affiliation (if any, which may be used for identification purposes during the delegation and in subsequent reporting):
What are your reasons for volunteering for our delegation?
What, if any, organizations do you belong to that engage in solidarity work in this area?
What, if any, organizations do you belong to that take a public position on the Mideast conflict?
What specific interests or goals do you have for your trip?
What specific skills can you bring to the delegation’s efforts? (no special skills are necessary to join the olive harvest, but delegation members should be sufficiently healthy to sustain their efforts without problem)
Would you be available to be interviewed by JVP members or staff in your home city, if possible?
Do you have any physical or medical limitations that may require special accommodations?
Thank you,
Howard Lenow, Tania Maxwell, Alan Meyers, Alice Rothchild, co-chairs
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